Selective spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric prilocaine provides better perioperative pain control than local anesthesia for ambulatory inguinal hernia repair without affecting discharging time: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Purpose Local anesthesia is the most used anesthetic technique for inguinal hernia repair, despite its unpredictability. Selective spinal anesthesia with a short-term local anesthetic guarantees rapid recovery, predictable duration and low incidence of side effects. We tried to assess the e...

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Main Authors: Fabio Costa, Giuseppe Pascarella, Paolo Luffarelli, Alessandro Strumia, Gaspare Biondo, Chiara Piliego, Rossana Alloni, Felice E. Agrò
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s44158-022-00034-x

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